MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE VISUAL ARTS COVERAGE

Sean Kelly Announces Acquisition of Work by Tehching Hsieh

Sean Kelly announces a major museum acquisition of work by gallery artist Tehching Hsieh to the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority/M+ Museum in Hong Kong. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Whitney Museum's DeFeo Exhibit a Ton Worth Seeing

Whitney Museum's DeFeo Exhibit (more...)

Fab 5 Freddy Set for SONOS AND VEVO PRESENT: THE DIRECTOR'S STUDIO, 5/17

Fab 5 Freddy is a cultural pioneer who played a key role in bringing hip-hop culture to audiences around the world. Born Fred Brathwaite in Bedford Stuyvesant, he was a graffiti artist who famously pa... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Carissa Rodriguez 'La Collectionneuse' at Front Desk Apparatus

Annina Nosei once told me it is a great idea to open an art gallery across from a major Museum. Larry Gagosian's uptown gallery on Madison Avenue is a block from the Whitney. No doubt his intent was t... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image's An Evening with Choreographers Rich + Tone Set for 4/26

Discovered by Michael Jackson's choreographer while freestyling at a California club, the brothers Rich and Tone Taluega went on to become two of the most successful and talented choreographers in the... (more...)

MoMA Will Be Open 7 Days a Week Beginning in May

The Museum of Modern Art will be open to the public every day, including Tuesdays. (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Celebrates Danny Kaye, 4/27

Danny Kaye (1913-1987) was one of the most versatile, charismatic, and beloved entertainers of the 20th century. Museum of the Moving Image will present a special centennial tribute hosted by Dena Kay... (more...)

GIF Installation by Evan Roth on View at Moving Image

Paris-based American artist Evan Roth (b. 1978) re-appropriates public space, popular culture, and digital techniques to create surprising and illuminating works both on and off the Internet. Museum o... (more...)

James Nares' Video STREET to be Centerpiece of Exhibition Opening 3/5

Street, a new video by artist James Nares, will have its New York premiere as the centerpiece of an exhibition by the same name at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 5 through May 27, 2013. A r... (more...)

Ringling College and Sarasota Museum of Art Announce Winners of 'Sticks and Clicks' Photography Competition

The Sarasota Museum of Art/SMOA, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, today announced the winners of the 'Sticks and Clicks' photography competition. Created as part of SMOA's 2013 "ARTmu... (more...)

MoMA Announces February Events

For over 100 years, glamour and celebrity have been used to promote film in countless fan magazines around the world. Singular among them was Pour Vous, published weekly in France from the arrival of ... (more...)

ADAM STRAUS Exhibition on View at Nohra Haime Gallery, 2/5

An exhibition of recent paintings by Adam Straus will be on view at Nohra Haime Gallery from February 5 - March 16, 2013. 'Looking for Nature and Singing the Paradise Blues' presents the artist at his... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Announces SPECIAL EFFECT, 1/18

Museum of the Moving Image will present the U.S. premiere of video and performance artist Peter Burr's Special Effect, a live television show from the future inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film S... (more...)

Exhibition of Rarely Seen Käthe Kollwitz Prints on View March 15 through September 15, 2013, at the Brooklyn Museum

A selection of thirteen rarely seen prints by German Expressionist artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) will be on view in the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art from Ma... (more...)

MoMA Announces THE METAMORPHOSIS BY FRANZ KAFKA Screenings With Live Piano, 1/6 & 7

The Museum of Modern Art marks the closing of its critically acclaimed exhibition Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets with the United States premiere of... (more...)

Moving Image Announces 2013 Selections for First Look Showcase

An adventurous lineup has been announced by Museum of the Moving Image for its second annual edition of First Look, a showcase for inventive, groundbreaking new international cinema. Taking place at t... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Presents IMAGINATION ILLUSTRATED: THE JIM HENSON JOURNAL Event Today

Jim Henson, renowned puppeteer, director, and-most famously-creator of the Muppets, faithfully kept a journal where he stored ideas, sketches, and one-line log entries about his life and work. Dubbed... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Announces THE ART OF RISE OF THE GUARDIANS Exhibition

Museum of the Moving Image, in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA), will present The Art of Rise of the Guardians, an entertaining and revelatory exhibition of behind-the-s... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Announces All-Day Free Admission, 11/2

Museum of the Moving Image will offer free admission to the public all day on Friday, November 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., announced Carl Goodman, the Museum's Executive Director. Goodman said, "... (more...)

Robert Zemeckis Retrospective Set for Museum of the Moving Image, 10/26-11/4

Academy Award-winning® director Robert Zemeckis has been at the helm of some of the most entertaining, inventive, and critically acclaimed movies of the past three decades, including Romancing the Sto... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Hosts Jerry Nelson Tribute Today, 10/27

Jim Henson's key collaborator and one of the original Muppet performers, Jerry Nelson's life and work will be celebrated today, October 27, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in cooperation with The Jim Henson Legacy... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image to Present IMAGINATION ILLUSTRATED: THE JIM HENSON JOURNAL Event, 11/3

Jim Henson, renowned puppeteer, director, and-most famously-creator of the Muppets, faithfully kept a journal where he stored ideas, sketches, and one-line log entries about his life and work. Dubbed... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Announces Jerry Nelson Tribute, 10/27

Jim Henson's key collaborator and one of the original Muppet performers, Jerry Nelson's life and work will be celebrated on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in cooperation with The Jim Henson ... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Announces FILM AFTER FILM Exhibition

In his new book Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema? (2012, Verso), critic J. Hoberman suggests that the advent of digital technology has led to the displacement of the medium of f... (more...)

Museum of the Moving Image Honors Hugh Jackman, 12/11

Tony and Emmy Award Winning Actor Hugh Jackman will be honored by Museum of the Moving Image at its 27th annual Salute on December 11, 2012 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The news was announced ... (more...)